ശിശിര പുഷ്പ്പം 7

N¼nNp«³.sWäv CSv fm{Skà Wn³s_ t{bm»whv Hs¡ So^pw. Wns¶ Nan]m¡n]ks^ms¡ Wns¶ C^«n Btklt¯msX hzoN^n¡pw,””
sgÃn Sn^n¨v H¶pw b_]pN]p*m]nÃ. FSnÀ¯v b_ªm gmt^m\n³s_ BSmknlzmhs¯ b^nihn¡`mkpw. gmt^m¬ b_ªnsæn`pw sgÃn A_nªn^p¶p. CWn]pÅ fq¶v- Unkh§Ä gmt^m¬ D®mkrSsfXp¡pw. t^O]n Wn¶m\v sgÃn A_nªSv– FÃm skÅn]mjv¨Nan`pw gmt^m¬ Dbkmhfms\¶v-. A_nªp Njnªv AktamXv– tImUn¨t¸mÄ h½Sn¨p S^nN]p*m]nÃ. ko*pw Np¯n Np¯n tImUn¨t¸mÄ AkÄ b_ªp.
“”tfmtW, Dbkmhtfms¡ ^ihy¯n sI¿\w. Cutlm]pw W½apw fm{Stf A¡m^yf_n]m³ bmXpÅq,””
“”WÃ {c*v!””
sgÃn A¶v- b^nimhhz^¯n b_ªp.
“”H^p ^ithymw sg]À sI¿^pSv. Hmt¡ Wo b_]*,””
Ak³ b^nekn¨p. ASv gmt^m\nsW tkUWn¸n¨p. sgÃn]psX fpOw fm_p¶Sv AkÄ¡v hin¡nÃ.
“”Hmt¡, Hmt¡, fpOw koÀ¸n¡*. b_]mw. C§sWs]m^p sI_p¡³! MmsW tWm]s¼Xp¡ps¶ hm_nWv tk*n]mXm. hm_v NpXow k`ow Hs¡ WnÀ¯m³,””
BsN bSnWm_p tb^p*m]n^p¶p hwQ¯nÂ. hnÌÀ {NnÌoW]pw kÀ¡n tKmhcv hm_pfm]n^p¶p hwQ¯n³s_ `oZÀfmÀ. FÃmkÀ¡pw Ht^ N¼mÀ«vsfân¯s¶ C^n¸nXw Nn«n.
“”F³s_ sgÃn Wo]nÃm^pt¶Â tdm_Xn¨p It¯sW,””
sFhv {Now Njn¨p sNm*n^ns¡ hnsÌÀ {NnÌoW AktWmXp b_ªp.
“”Ip½mSÃ, sI`kp*v,””
sgÃn b_ªp.
“”sI`km C¸w sI]vtSm*n^n¡ps¶,””
“”tdm_Xn fmäm³ bän] tks_ H^mapw NqXn]p*v,””
Ak³ fnWn tNÄ¡msS hnÌt_mXv b_ªp. AkÄ bp_s¯ {PmfewPnNÄ tWm¡n¡m\pN]m]n^p¶p.
“”B^v?””
“”fnWn. Mm³ b_ªntÃ? hq¸À bm«pNm^n]m. hnÌÀ H¶v- b_. Akav bmXpw. Mm³ b_]¯nÃ. Mm³ b_ªm AkÄ Fs¶ H`¡s]Xp¯v SÃpw. AkÄsX A´n{¡nhvSpkm Mm³,””
“”A§sW]mt\m? F¶m Aksas¡m*v bmXn¸n¨ns« HÅp dm¡n Nm^yw,””
hnsÌÀ fnWns] tWm¡n. Ct¸mÄ fnWn FSns^ C^n¡p¶ Ae]v tbmantWmXv hwhm^n¡pN]m\v. Kohhv ]q¯ns` BÎokv sf¼À Bs\¦n`pw hmfmWyw Wà km]v–tWm¡n F¶ tb^v AkWp*v.
“”fnWo,””
hnsÌÀ knan¨p.
“”s]hv, hnsÌÀ,””
AkÄ Aks^ tWm¡n knantN«p.
“”CâÀthm\ns`ms¡ bs¦Xp¡m³ tbmNp¶ bm«pNm^n]tÃ. H^p bm«v bmXnt¡. CknsX sgÃosX WmX³ bm«pw kan¸v fnfn{Now Hs¡ tN«v FÃmk^pw tdm_Xn¨p,””
“”l^n]m, l^n]m,””
iÀgm^kt¯msX B¬Np«nNapw sb¬Np«nNapw hnÌ_psX km¡pNÄ hzoN^n¨p.
sgÃn N`nt¸msX hnsÌs_]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv